And Mr. Winterdeere...you may be right on the short lifetime of the newer freezer, unfortunately, it's the one with 1/2 an Angus in it!
Not to go on a rant of my personal issues here, but this is the most irritating thing about all of this. It's real easy to lose several hundred dollars or more in food, every time you wake up one morning to find the refrigerator cooking rather than cooling your food.
Also, we always bought our major appliances from a local family-owned chain (Gerhards, I grew up knowing Mr. Gerhard), not because they were cheaper, but because they would always take care of you with quick service when needed. But just as all the rest seem to be doing, we learned on a recent refrigerator failure, that they've now contracted out their service to one of these big service conglomerations. They told us our refrigerator failure is "probably" under warranty, but would need something like 10 days to even come diagnose the problem, before even making the warranty determination or ordering parts!
Not many can go 2+ weeks without their main kitchen refrigerator, we certainly didn't want to, so we ended up tossing a 1-something year old refrigerator and spending another $4k on a new one, just to avoid being without one all that time. When something like your main kitchen refrigerator goes, service should be same-day or next-day, at least as far as diagnosing the problem and getting any required parts on order. I don't even mind waiting a week for the completion of the repair, but waiting 10 days just to find out
if it will be covered or repaired at a reasonable cost, is just not workable.
Your welcome - I have the less $30 plug in Killowatt with screen and plug all in one housing - which works fine for higher receptacles but if you have one low on the floor or behind a freezer the more pricey extension would be nice to have.
We have 3 Emporia Vue systems, which have been great, although I'm sure there's even newer or nicer tech out there today. Ours have 26 (I think?) clamp-on ammeter probes in each system, for the two mains and 24 (I think?) branch circuits. I just open the app on my phone and look at current or historical usage on any circuit, any time. It also monitors mains voltage, so you can plot in watts, kWh, or even dollars (if you enter your billing rate).
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